Tub Painting

Hello. Today was very hot in San Diego. The temp at our house was 109. Normally when we paint we try and keep it outside. But it was a little to hot today for that. So it was time for some tub painting The kids love finger painting, I think it is b/c of the mess. The best part about tub painting is that the kids are already in the tub for clean up.

 

"Its Owen""

Well today I need a fast art project to do with the kids. Owen and Emily were full of energy and looking for some thing to do. And this was all before breakfast. I wanted to do some thing different for them than just handing them paper and a couple of crayons. Owen loves to trace his hand or mine and color it in. So I taped up a long piece of paper on our sliding glass door and grabbed a couple of crayons. I had own stand with his back to the paper and tried to trace him. Trying to get a 2 year old to stay still is hard. But when he turned around he jumped up and down and said "It's Owen It's Owen" Emily even got in the fun.

I Love her little hair style

 

It Is Like Magic

Hello. I have a quick tip for you today. Not to long ago the kids were coloring with Dad and lets just say they now know that you can color on the table too. But I have to say that I was surpize on how long the white table really stayed white. So frist I tried a baby wipe b/c it was on hand. It did not work but the kids liked cleaning the table with it. Next on the list was a Magic Eraser. And it did the trick. You got to love it!  Now the table is clean and ready for more mess.

What do you clean with a Magic Eraser?

Spray bottle paint

About 6 years a go when I worked in social work I brought spray bottles made just for paint from Lakeshore. I was excited when I came across it in the art box the other day.
I taped art paper on the fence, with a little help from Owen. For the paint I mixed children's washable paint (a little bit) and water. Owen loved it he had a lot of fun. I was ready for a big mess but it really was not that bad. Most of the paint if not all was on the paper. This would make cute wrapping paper, ( Fathers day).

A trip to lakeshore

Today the kids and I took a trip to Lakeshore Learning Store. I love this place. If you are a teacher or childcare provider then you might already know about this store. When I worked in social work we would get our art supplies for the group home here. We needed to get a birthday gift for my nephew Day and we also needed some art supplies.
As I opened the doors to the store Owen ran into the store and said " wow" as he ran in. Owen must of played with ever toy, music instruments, and any thing he found. Emily liked the music they had playing in the store. We found a get science kit for Day and I was able to get new paint brushes and mixing trays. Owen also found egg shakers, he picked one out for him and Emily. As we were leaving Owen found a little spy glass. It was way to cute how he kept looking at every thing throw it. He kept trying to give me one. Lol.
I could spend a lot of money in this store.
Do you know of a great store were you can find educational toys?


Just as I was about to post this Owen came in the room holding that package of new paint brushes saying "colors" we are off to paint!